Microfluidic device for robust generation of two-component liquid-in-air slugs with individually controlled composition

Microfluidics and Nanofluidics

Volumn 9, Issue 4-5, 2010, Pages 933-943

  Liu, Kan ^a   Chen, Yi Chun ^a   Tseng, Hsian Rong ^a   Shen, Clifton Kwang Fu ^a   Van Dam, R Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Liquid in air slug generation; Microfluidics; PDMS; Programmable slug compositio; Two phase flow

Indexed keywords

AIR COMPRESSION; AIR SLUG; BIOLOGICAL MOLECULE; CLOSED CHAMBERS; LIQUID SLUG; MICRO REACTOR; MICRO VALVES; MICRO-FLUIDIC DEVICES; MICROVESSELS; PDMS; PRECISE CONTROL; PROGRAMMABLE SLUG COMPOSITIO; RADIOLABELING; REACTION CONDITIONS; ROBUST GENERATION; ROBUST OPERATION; SCREENING APPLICATION; SMALL SAMPLES; TIME-SCALES; TWO-COMPONENT; VOLUME CONTROLS;

CHEMICAL REACTIONS; CHEMICAL REACTORS; MICROCHANNELS; MICROFLUIDICS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PUMPS; TWO PHASE FLOW;

LIQUIDS;

EID: 77957569414     PISSN: 16134982     EISSN: 16134990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10404-010-0617-0     Document Type: Article

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